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package com.sun.source.tree;

import java.util.List;
import javax.lang.model.element.Name;

/**
 * A tree node for a method or annotation type element declaration.
 *
 * For example:
 * <pre>
 *   <em>modifiers</em> <em>typeParameters</em> <em>type</em> <em>name</em>
 *      ( <em>parameters</em> )
 *      <em>body</em>
 *
 *   <em>modifiers</em> <em>type</em> <em>name</em> () default <em>defaultValue</em>
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
 * @author Jonathan Gibbons
 * @jls sections 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 9.4, and 9.6
 * @since 1.6
 */
@jdk.Exported
public interface MethodTree extends Tree {

  ModifiersTree getModifiers();

  Name getName();

  Tree getReturnType();

  List<? extends TypeParameterTree> getTypeParameters();

  List<? extends VariableTree> getParameters();

  /**
   * Return an explicit receiver parameter ("this" parameter).
   *
   * @return an explicit receiver parameter ("this" parameter)
   * @since 1.8
   */
  VariableTree getReceiverParameter();

  List<? extends ExpressionTree> getThrows();

  BlockTree getBody();

  Tree getDefaultValue(); // for annotation types
}
